From owner-freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 10 11:00:14 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-standards@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CED21065676 for ; Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:00:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1D768FC21 for ; Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:00:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n3AB0Dv0096546 for ; Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:00:13 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n3AB0DHO096545; Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:00:13 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:00:13 GMT Message-Id: <200904101100.n3AB0DHO096545@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.org From: Jilles Tjoelker Cc: Subject: Re: bin/125855: sh(1) allows for multiline, non-escaped control structures (and thus isn't POSIX compliant) X-BeenThere: freebsd-standards@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Jilles Tjoelker List-Id: Standards compliance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 11:00:14 -0000 The following reply was made to PR bin/125855; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Jilles Tjoelker To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, gcooper@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Re: bin/125855: sh(1) allows for multiline, non-escaped control structures (and thus isn't POSIX compliant) Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:58:53 +0200 > [ sh allows ! ] I would consider this an extension to the standard, which sh(1) is free to implement. Removing the extension, possibly gratuitously breaking scripts, seems a bad idea. The script is what should be fixed. -- Jilles Tjoelker